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Active civil court cases by type, selected provinces and the three territories, 2014/2015 to 2020/2021

number of active civil court cases 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000 2014/2015 2016/2017 2018/2019 2020/2021 Number of active non-family casesNumber of active non-family cases Number of active family casesNumber of active family cases
Note(s):
Excludes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Source(s):
Civil Court Survey (5052).

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This is a column clustered chart.

Active civil court cases by type, selected provinces and the three territories, 2014/2015 to 2020/2021, number of active civil court cases
  Number of active non-family cases Number of active family cases
2014/2015 586,825 305,305
2015/2016 583,203 301,308
2016/2017 584,589 282,598
2017/2018 609,160 279,534
2018/2019 613,317 284,808
2019/2020 615,452 265,830
2020/2021 480,412 216,908
Note(s):
Excludes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Source(s):
Civil Court Survey (5052).
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